Can Dogs Eat Nutter Butters? What the Label Says

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Peanut butter filling, and no chocolate or xylitol on the label. Still a sugary cookie.Nothing here is on ASPCA’s avoid list, but it isn’t food for a dog, and a whole package is a lot for a small one.

Nutter Butters are peanut butter cookies, and plenty of dogs love peanut butter, so the question comes up a lot.

What is on the label

I pulled the ingredient list for peanut butter sandwich cookies from Open Food Facts (product code 0044000046316). Ingredients are listed from the most to the least by weight.

Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid), sugar, peanut butter [roasted peanuts, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oil (rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil), salt, peanut oil], canola oil, whole grain wheat flour, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, salt, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate), soy lecithin, artificial flavor.

Recipes change, and flavors and package sizes can differ, so read the bag you actually have before you rely on this list.

What matters for your dog

  • Xylitol check. Pet Poison Helpline says xylitol is a sweetener found in many products and can cause life-threatening low blood sugar and liver failure in dogs. Xylitol is not on this label.
  • Nothing else from ASPCA’s list. I compared this label to ASPCA’s list of people foods to avoid and didn’t find onion, garlic, chives, chocolate, caffeine, xylitol, grapes, raisins or macadamia nuts.

About Nutter Butters

The label lists peanut butter (roasted peanuts, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oil, salt, peanut oil) as an ingredient inside the cookie, along with sugar, high fructose corn syrup and several oils. There’s no chocolate, no onion or garlic, and no xylitol listed.

That last part matters with anything peanut-buttery. Pet Poison Helpline says xylitol is found in many products, not just gum, and that enough of it can cause life-threatening low blood sugar and liver failure in dogs. The label check is worth doing every time. This one lists none.

What’s left is sugar, salt and fat in a sandwich cookie. It’s not poison, but it isn’t food for a dog, and a whole package is a lot for a small dog.

If your dog already ate some

Write down what it was, how much, when, and your dog’s weight, and keep the package. Then call your vet, ASPCA Poison Control at (888) 426-4435, or Pet Poison Helpline at (855) 764-7661.

Don’t wait for symptoms if the snack has chocolate, xylitol, or a lot of onion or garlic in it. And don’t try to make your dog vomit with salt or salt water. Pet Poison Helpline says that can cause salt poisoning.

Questions people ask

Is peanut butter okay for dogs?

It depends on the label. The thing to rule out is xylitol, which Pet Poison Helpline says can cause life-threatening low blood sugar and liver failure in dogs. Check the ingredient list on any peanut butter product every time.

Does this cookie contain xylitol?

Not on the label I found. Always check your own package, since recipes change.

My dog ate the whole pack. What now?

Call your vet and tell them what your dog weighs and how many cookies were in the pack. That’s a lot of sugar and fat at once, especially for a small dog.

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Last reviewed October 31, 2026. I’m not a vet, and this page is general information, not veterinary advice. Every dog is different. If you’re worried about your dog, call your vet.

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